William j



(No Model.) I

v r W. J. LARGE.

TRUNK,

No. 297,814'. Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

Q INVENTOR: w ALL! WITNESSES a. W'fi ATTORNEYS.

N4 PETERS. Phulo-Ulhugnpher, vWAshingtom'B c.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcna XVILLIAM J. LARGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,814, dated April Application filed February '14, 1884. (No model.)

In all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM J. LARGE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a 'new and Improved Trunk, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

arms F G- My invention relates to that class of trunks wherein the tray is hinged to suitable arms or linis which are arranged so as to adapt the tray to be raised or swung upward out of the body of the trunk; and the invention consists, first, of a back or auxiliary tray having the front or movable tray hinged to it and provided with means for securing it in the body of the trunk.

The invention consists, also, of a tray in the cover adapted to fill the space above the auxiliary tray when the cover or lid is closed, and

to support the movable tray when the cover or lid is open and the said movable tray is swung upward out of the body of the trunk.

The invention also consists of a cross rod or bar for stiffening the main tray and causing uniformity of movement of the ends of the tray while being swung out of and lowered into the body of the trunk; also, in adapting the lower edges of the side plates attached to the ends of the main tray to enter, when the tray is closed into the body of the trunk, suitable recesses made in the supporting-cleats, to prevent endwise movement of the tray in the handling of the trunk, all as hereinafter described and claimed. f Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of my new and improved trunk, showing the parts as they appear when the trunkis closed and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the trunk, showing the trunk open and the main tray lifted out of the body of the trunk.

A represents the body of the trunk; B, the lid or cover; 0, the main tray; D, the auxiliary tray, and E represents a small tray made in the lid or cover 13. The main tray 0 is hinged to the auxiliary tray D by the links or at each end of the trunk, and which arms are pivoted at their rear or lower ends to the plates H, attached to the ends of the auxiliary tray D, and at their outer or upper ends to the plates I, secured to the ends of the main tray 0. The upper or outer ends of the arms F are pivoted to and upon the ends of the bar or rod J, and this bar J passes the whole length of the tray 0 and is embedded in the bottom thereof, so as not to be in the way, and serves (being a heavy-bar) to stiffen the tray and to cause uniformity of swinging movement between the sets of arms F G, so that when the tray is raised out of the body A or lowered into it both ends of the tray will move together, and this bar J prevents, also, the joints from soon becoming loose and rickety. The plates I are made, in this instance, S-shaped, and they are so attached to the ends of the main tray 0 that their lower edges reach below the bottom of the tray 0, as shown at i, and these lower portions, 2', when the tray is lowered into the body A of the trunk, are adapted to enter the recesses or narrow cutaway places z", made in the cleats K K, secured in the body A, and on which the tray 0 rests when closed into the trunk, so that these lips and recesses t i serve to prevent the tray from endwise movement in the handling of the trunk.

To the lower edges of the auxiliary tray D are secured the metal lugs b I), through which suitable thumb or set screws, 0 0, pass and enter the body A and cleats K of the trunk, for securing the tray D, and also the main tray 0, to and within the body A of the trunk.

I11 order to remove the trays O D from the body of the trunk, the set-screws 0 must be re moved, when the trays G and D will be removed together.

L represents the ordinary j ointed stay-plates for limiting the backward movement of the lid B. When the cover B is thrown open, the small tray E serves to support the rear edge of the tray 0 when swung upward out of the the body A, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and when the cover or lid is closed this tray E shuts over and just fills the space above the auxiliary tray D, as'shown clearly in Fig. l.

Constructed as described, it will be seen that the trunk is very staunch and very convenient, and that it is cheap and practical, and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 5 as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. lhe tray D, having the tray 0 hinged to it, and provided with the plates 1) and screws 0, or similar means for securing it in the body A, substantially as and for the purposes set 10 forth.

2. The tray 0, having the stay-rod J passingthrough it, in combinati'ouwith the tray and hinging-arms F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I 5 3. The plates 1, projecting below the bottom of the tray 0, and adapted to enter the recesses i when the tray is closed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4.. The tray E, formed in the cover 13, and arranged to fill the space above the auxiliary 2o tray D when the cover is closed, and to support the tray 0 when the lid is open and the said tray C is swung upward out of the body of the trunk, substantially as shown and described.

\VM. J. LARGE.

\Vitnesses:

H. A. Wnsrr. G. Snncwrcn. 

